Spatial Optimisation of River Restoration Planning in Nova Scotia: Masters Thesis.
Oldford G (2013). "Spatial Optimisation of River Restoration Planning in Nova Scotia, Canada [Thesis]" School for Resource & Environmental Studies.
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
- Ph.D in marine ecosystem modelling, University of British Columbia (candidate)
- Master of Environmental Studies (spatial optimization applied to river ecology and restoration), Dalhousie University
- Adv. Dip. in Geographic Information Systems, Nova Scotia Community College
- B.Sc. (Env; maj: Ecology), University of Guelph
Awards, Scholarships, Grants
- UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award (2020)
- Ocean Leaders Award & Fellowship (2019-2021)
- UBC Faculty of Science PhD Tuition Award (2018-2020)
- UBC Faculty of Science Graduate Award (2018)
- MITACS Accelerate PhD Fellowship (present-2021)
- NSERC IPS Grant (2009-2011)
- Neil Munro Parks & Protected Areas Award (2010)
- ESRI Canada Scholarship (2007)
Selected Publications
Informing Watershed Connectivity Barrier Prioritization Decisions: A Synthesis.
McKay SK, Cooper AR, Diebel MW, Elkins D, Oldford G, Roghair C, Wieferich D. (2016). "Informing Watershed Connectivity Barrier Prioritization Decisions: A Synthesis.." River Research and Applications. 33(6).
Assessing the contribution of established protected areas towards meeting MPA network objectives in the Northern Shelf Bioregion
Martone R.G., G. Oldford , C. McDougall, J. Cristiani, A. Chow, C. Robb, E. Rubidge, K.S.P. Gale, L. Chaves, E. Damjkar, P. Mahaux, S. Ban. (2018). "Assessing Contribution of Established Protected Areas Towards Meeting MPA Network Objectives in the Northern Shelf Bioregion[in Chandler, P.C., S.A. King, J. Boldt (2018). State of the Physical, Biological and Selected Fishery Resources of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems in 2017. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 3266]" Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3266
Dams, culverts, and cumulative effects: quantifying cumulative effects of barriers to longitudinal connectivity on three rivers in Nova Scotia, Canada. (accepted; in revision)
Oldford GL, Duinker P.N., Gunn E.A., Kehler D.G. (TBD). "Dams, Culverts, and Cumulative Effects: Quantifying Cumulative Effects of Barriers to Longitudinal Connectivity on Three Rivers in Nova Scotia, Canada." River Research & Applications. (in revision)
Technical aspects of Marine Spatial Planning in Burrard Inlet (tech report)
Brownlee G, Lang C, Oldford G, Virgen-Urceley, A (2020). "Technical aspects of Marine Spatial Planning in Burrard Inlet" Tech Report. Tsleil Waututh First Nation
Opinion: It’s time to call out denialism.
Oldford, G. (2020). "It’s time to call out denialism — on racism and on climate change." The National Observer. June 4, 2020.
End-to-End Spatial Ecosystem Modeling in Support of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Program (dissertation - in prep)
Oldford G, Christensen VC, Buszowski J, Steenbeek J, Hunt B, Pearsall I, Walters CW (in prep). "End-to-End Spatial Ecosystem Modeling in Support of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Program " dissertation. (in prep)
Making spatial-temporal marine ecosystem modelling better
Steenbeek J, Buszowski J, Chagaris D, Christensen V, Coll M, Fulton EA, Katsanevakis S, Lewis KA, Mazaris AD, Macias D, de Mutsert K, Oldford G, Pennino MG, Piroddi C, Romagnoni G, Serpetti N, Shin YJ, Spence MA, Stelzenmuller V. "Making spatial-temporal marine ecosystem modelling better - a perspective " Environmental Modelling and Software. Vol 145, November 2021
Reconstructing the Pre-European Contact Shoreline of Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC, Canada) (2022)
Taft, S., Oldford, G. , M.I., Lilley, P.L., Oetterich, S.B., Morin, J., George, M., George, M., and Christensen, V. . "Reconstructing the Pre-European Contact Shoreline of Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC, Canada) using participatory mapping and a two-eyed seeing approach " Institute for Oceans & Fisheries (Fisheries Centre) Research Reports. Vol XX, March 2022
Requirements and availability of prey for northeastern pacific southern resident killer whales
Couture, F., Oldford, G., Christensen, V., Barrett-Lennard, L., & Walters, C. (2022). Requirements and availability of prey for northeastern pacific southern resident killer whales. Plos one, 17(6), e0270523.
Advances in spatial‐temporal coastal and marine ecosystem modeling using Ecospace (Book Chapter in: Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)
de Mutsert, K., Coll, M., Steenbeek, J., Ainsworth, C., Buszowski, J., Chagaris, D., Christensen, V., Heymans, S. J. J., Lewis, K. A., Libralato, S., Oldford, G., Piroddi, C., Romagnoni, G., Serpetti, N., Spence, M. A., & Walters, C. (2023). Advances in spatial‐temporal coastal and marine ecosystem modeling using Ecospace. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00035-4
FIPEX v10.4: An ArcGIS Desktop Add-in for assessing impacts of fish passage barriers and longitudinal connectivity of rivers
Oldford, G., Cote, D., Kehler, D. G., Riefesel, G. R., & Wiersma, Y. F. (2023). FIPEX v10. 4: An ArcGIS Desktop Add-in for assessing impacts of fish passage barriers and longitudinal connectivity of rivers. SoftwareX, 101469.
HOTSSea v1: a NEMO-based physical Hindcast of the Salish Sea (1980–2018) supporting ecosystem model development
Oldford, G., Jarníková, T., Christensen, V., Dunphy, M. (2024). HOTSSea v1: a NEMO-based physical Hindcast of the Salish Sea (1980–2018) supporting ecosystem model development. Geoscientific Model Development, doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-58.
Selected Talks
Preying on the weak? Possible non-additive effects of seal predation and stress-related mortality in juvenile coho and Chinook in the Salish Sea
Talk at The American Fisheries Society, WA-BC Chapter Meeting, Bremerton, Washington
Seals may not increase exploitable biomass in the Salish Sea (Steps towards a new E2E ecosystem model for the Strait of Georgia and Salish Sea)
Workshop Proceedings at Salish Sea Marine Survival Pinniped Impact Seminar, Vancouver, BC
Spatial-Temporal Fitting for Ecosystem Models - Experiences and Observations from Canada.
Talk at EwE International Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
Ecosystem Models: Supporting Marine Planning and Ecosystem Based Management
Talk at Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Vancouver, BC
Seals may not increase exploitable biomass in the Salish Sea (Steps towards a new E2E ecosystem model for the Strait of Georgia and Salish Sea)
Workshop Proceedings at Salish Sea Marine Survival Juvenile Salmon Workshop, Victoria, BC
Whodunnit? The Case of the Dying Salmon in the Salish Sea (An Investigation Using an End-to-End Ecosystem Model)
Conference Proceedings at Ecopath International 35 Year Anniversary, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Evaluating Marine Survival Hypotheses using a Spatially Resolved End-to-End Model for the Strait of Georgia
Talk at Salish Sea Marine Survival Project Bottom up Working Group, Victoria, BC
Modeling long term ecosystem and productivity changes of the Georgia Strait pelagic zone
Talk at UBC IOF Quantitative Modeling Group Seminar Series, Vancouver, BC
IYS Salmonscape Workshop: Approaches to Salmon Life History Modeling - an Overview of Ecopath-Ecosim-Ecospace
Talk at North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission International Year of the Salmon Workshop Series, Vancouver, BC
Evaluating Chinook and Coho Marine Survival Hypotheses using a Spatially Resolved End-to-End Model for the Central and Northern Salish Sea
Talk at NOAA WRAP Workshop, Vancouver, BC
Pacific salmon from freshwater to the ocean: integrating knowledge on the early marine life history
Talk at UBC Institute for the Oceans & Fisheries Seminar, Vancouver, BC
Summary of three lines of research into long-term marine ecosystem changes in the Salish Sea
Talk at DFO Pacific Aquatic Ecosystem and Marine Mammal Science Section, Vancouver, BC
Towards an end-to-end spatial-temporal EwE model for investigating Pacific salmon early marine survival
Talk at UBC Institute for the Oceans & Fisheries FISH 501 Course, Vancouver, BC
NEMO-ECOSPACE-1500: an end-to-end ecosystem model for the Strait of Georgia
Talk at Pacific Salmon Foundation Staff Retreat, Cowichan, BC
An overview of recent work with hatchery data to support research on early marine salmon survival
Talk at Pacific Salmon Foundation Staff Retreat, Vancouver, BC
Investigating decadal-scale changes impacting juvenile coho and Chinook survival in the Strait of Georgia using the SS1500 end-to-end model
Talk at 2023 Salish Sea Marine Survival Project Transboundary Workshop, Bellingham, WA
Ecosystem modelling in support of MSP, conservation planning, and ecosystem based fisheries oceans and fisheries management
Talk at Salish Sea Science Updates (Cdn. Federal), Vancouver, BC
Physics to Fisheries: Multipurpose ‘End to End’ Ecosystem Model Development for the Salish Sea
Talk at Presentation for Pacific Salmon Foundation, Science Team, Vancouver, BC
No Biogeochemical Model? No problem! Using Ecospace in lieu of a biogeochemical model in the Salish Sea
Talk at Ecopath 40th Conference, Ostend, Belgium, Vancouver, BC
Teaching Experience
Leadership
- UBC ‘Ocean Leaders’ Fellow (2020)
- Executive Director of TEDxHalifax (2009-2013)
- Assistant Coach for the Guelph Special Olympics Basketball Team
Selected Work Experience
- 2022-present: Aquatic Ecosystem Scientist, Regional Ecossytem Effects on Fish and Fisheries, Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Vancouver, BC
- Applied ecosystem modelling and research supporting fisheries and oceans management.
- 2018-present: Applied Research (Marine Ecosystem Science), University of British Columbia
- Applied research as PhD fellow supported by the Pacific Salmon Foundation, Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO), and the National Science & Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
- 2018-2019: Teaching Assistant
- Master of Data Science Program, University of British Columbia
- Courses: Supervised Machine Learning II, Data Visualization I
- Supervisor: Michael Gelbart, Firas Moosvi
- 2013-2018: various positions @ Department of Fisheries & Oceans, Government of Canada
- Duties included: marine spatial planning advisor and coordinator, GIS specialist, physical scientist, science-management liaison
- Supervisor: various
Skills
- Ecosystem modelling (Ecopath w/ Ecosim / EwE; NEMO)
- Programming / scripting (R, Python, VB.NET, C++, Javascript; Linux, Windows)
- “Data Science”
- supervised machine learning
- cluster analysis
- data visualization
- data wrangling
- Geospatial analysis (ArcMap, QGIS, R, Geopandas / Python)
- Data Visualization (Matplotlib / PyPlot, R, Bokeh, Plotly / Dash, D3.js)
- Network analysis (Gephii, igraph, ggraph, networkx, others)
- Database design and management (MySQL, SQL, SQL Server, Geodatabases, Google Fusion)
- Statistical Analyses
- Research Design and Coordination
- Proposal Writing